Chubba Chubba

For those who haven't heard, Lindsey is not the petite little thing that Allison was. She is taking her own path and riding the 75th percentile growth curve.

Good thing chubby looks good on her! :)

Someone turned three!

Carter is three! Here's some snapshots into the fun-filled day we had yesterday!

Cute basketball cupcakes... thank you, Pinterest!

Playing "Pin the Basketball in the Hoop"

Watching a movie with friends at his party

Happy Birthday dinner! And can anyone guess what this kids favorite sport still is?

Yay... teeball gear!

Carter is definantly all boy... yesterday we gave him the teeball set, the smallest baseball glove I could find, a kid-sized soccer goal and a bike. All outdoor, sports toys. And, now that he'd three, we'll be looking for a community rec sport for him to participate in. Really, I just need to bite the bullet and cough up the cash to join our local YMCA. Kid-free workout time for mom, swim lessons for kids plus sports for Carter is well worth the monthly fee... I'm just still stuck in sticker-shock mode.

Carter the Composer

Today he gives you "The Dump Truck Song".

Earlier it was "The Digging Song", and in the bath the other day it was "The Car Song", which went "Racing, racing, racing, jumping over two washcloths and racing, racing, racing..."

I think he may need to work with a lyricist. :)

Rag Curls!

Fun, adorable and apparently totally worth 45 minutes of sitting still to have them rolled, because she's already asked me to to it again after her next bath!

Happy Pi Day!

Cause who doesn't need a good reason thinly veiled excuse to eat pie? Aren't they the cutest little pi day revelers you've ever seen...

which is saying a lot since we had a rough day and I might gladly trade two of them away...

Bow Board

Two little girls and so many bows! Allison's old bow holder wasn't nearly big enough, so we needed something new. I was going to do something like this...

Photo via Pinterest

But a trip to Pottery Barn Kids (where we only go for story time and to let the kids play... I rarely actually buy anything there) gave me another idea. Here's what I ended up with:

Total cost: under $10

It was $5 for the plywood base (the buy at Lowe's marked a $15 2'x4' piece down for me cause it had a lousy corner), $2.79 for a spool of grosgrain and a little more for hardware to hang it. The fabric and batting I had on-hand from other projects. Its 18x24 and fits so many bows! They're not even all on there, in the picture, but I *think* it will fit all of them. Maybe... if I quit making them...

I'm using this project to audition for American Crafter over at Naptime Crafters... wish me luck!

Bean Bag Chairs

Remember how I said I would really like to be able to find the time in my life to do a project every week?

Well... I have a newborn... so I'm sure I wasn't really thinking quite so clearly when I said that. But in the last 9 weeks I have accomplished a thing or two outside of nursing, laundry and cooking. I just haven't had the time or motivation to take pictures and blog them. But finally, you get some proof.

My kids got beanbag chairs!

I made both out of upholstery micofiber. The pink was off of JoAnn's red tag table during a 50% off sale (I think I got it for $4.50/yard) and the tan is leftovers from when I reupholstered a recliner something like 6 years ago. I still have bunches of leftovers (I initially bought enough to slipcover a couch that we no longer own... I never got brave enough for that project), so when I get around to recovering the glider, you'll see that fabric again.

I used this tutorial and generally liked how it turned out. I put zippers in instead of velcro, however, which I liked a lot better than the way the velcro behaved. Someday, if I'm really ambitious I'm going to dye Carter's dark brown and put ribbon on it to look like football threads.

The kids like them, and I like that these provide a cozy little reading spot... it makes me feel like a good mom to be encouraging them to read. And once I get some book slings up on that wall behind Allison she'll have a great little book nook. Carter doesn't get books in his room yet (not until he can be responsible enough to not read at 2 am, which is what happened last time we let him have books in his room), but hopefully soon.

Oh, and in care you're wondering, I found the bags of fill at Target during back-to-school time. 100 L bags were $5, and I used almost 3 bags to fill both chairs.